Movies For Hackers 
A curated list of movies every hacker & cyberpunk must watch. Ratings are from IMDb.
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Thrillers / Drama
| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2008 | 6.8/10 |
| 23 | Thriller/Drama | 1998 | 7.3/10 |
| Algorithm | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2014 | 4.8/10 |
| Anonymous | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2016 | 6.4/10 |
| Antitrust | Thriller/Drama | 2001 | 6.1/10 |
| Blackhat | Thriller/Drama | 2015 | 5.4/10 |
| Brazil | Drama/Science Fiction | 1985 | 7.9/10 |
| Enemy of the State | Thriller/Drama | 1998 | 7.3/10 |
| Hacker's Game | Thriller/Drama | 2015 | 3.8/10 |
| Hackers | Drama/Crime | 1995 | 6.2/10 |
| Hidden Figures | Biography/Drama/History | 2017 | 7.8/10 |
| I.T. | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2016 | 5.4/10 |
| Listening | Thriller/Drama | 2014 | 5.6/10 |
| Live Free or Die Hard | Thriller/Action | 2007 | 7.2/10 |
| Office Space | Comedy/Romance | 1999 | 7.8/10 |
| Pi | Drama/Mystery | 1998 | 7.5/10 |
| Primer | Thriller/Drama | 2004 | 7.0/10 |
| Reboot | Thriller/Drama | 2012 | 4.1/10 |
| Snowden | Thriller/Drama | 2016 | 7.3/10 |
| Swordfish | Thriller/Caper Story | 2001 | 6.5/10 |
| Takedown | Thriller/Drama | 2000 | 6.3/10 |
| The Circle | Thriller/Drama | 2017 | 5.3/10 |
| The Fifth Estate | Thriller/Drama | 2013 | 6.2/10 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Thriller/Drama | 2011 | 7.8/10 |
| The Imitation Game | Thriller/Drama | 2014 | 8.2/10 |
| The Net 2.0 | Thriller/Drama | 2006 | 4.7/10 |
| The Net | Thriller/Drama | 1995 | 5.8/10 |
| The Signal | Thriller | 2014 | 6.1/10 |
| The Social Network | Drama/History | 2010 | 7.7/10 |
| The Thirteenth Floor | Thriller/Mystery | 1999 | 7.0/10 |
| Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Drama/Biography | 2012 | 6.8/10 |
| Untraceable | Thriller/Slasher | 2008 | 6.2/10 |
| WarGames | Thriller/Drama | 1983 | 7.1/10 |
| WarGames: The Dead Code | Thriller/Drama | 2008 | 4.5/10 |
| Who Am I | Drama/Crime | 2014 | 7.6/10 |
Science Fiction / Fantasy
| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Science Fiction/Fantasy | 1968 | 8.3/10 |
| Anon | Science Fiction/Thriller | 2018 | 6/10 |
| Avalon | Science Fiction/Fantasy | 2001 | 6.6/10 |
| Blade Runner | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1982 | 8.2/10 |
| Blade Runner 2049 | Science Fiction/Drama | 2017 | 8.3/10 |
| Colossus: The Forbin Project | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1970 | 7.1/10 |
| Ex Machina | Fantasy/Mystery | 2015 | 7.7/10 |
| eXistenZ | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1999 | 6.8/10 |
| Ghost in the Shell | Fantasy/Animation | 1995 | 8.0/10 |
| Ghost in the Shell | Science Fiction/Action | 2017 | 6.9/10 |
| Her | Science Fiction/Romance | 2013 | 8.0/10 |
| Inception | Science Fiction/Mystery | 2010 | 8.8/10 |
| Johnny Mnemonic | Science Fiction/Action | 1995 | 5.6/10 |
| Morgan | Science Fiction/Thriller | 2016 | 5.8/10 |
| One Point O | Science Fiction/Mystery | 2004 | 6.2/10 |
| Open Windows | Fantasy/Crime | 2014 | 5.2/10 |
| The Lawnmower Man | Fantasy/Action | 1992 | 5.4/10 |
| The Matrix | Fantasy/Action | 1999 | 8.7/10 |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Science Fiction/Action | 2003 | 7.2/10 |
| Transcendence | Science Fiction/Drama | 2014 | 6.3/10 |
| World on a Wire | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1973 | 7.9/10 |
Action
| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Eye | Action/Thriller | 2008 | 6.6/10 |
| Echelon Conspiracy | Action/Crime/Mystery | 2009 | 5.8/10 |
| Firewall | Action/Thriller | 2006 | 5.8/10 |
| Gamer | Action/Thriller | 2009 | 5.8/10 |
| Kung Fury | Action/Comedy | 2015 | 8.1/10 |
| Sneakers | Action/Thriller | 1992 | 7.1/10 |
| The Island | Action/Adventure | 2005 | 6.9/10 |
| The Italian Job | Action/Thriller | 2003 | 7.0/10 |
| Tron | Action/Adventure | 1982 | 6.8/10 |
| Tron: Legacy | Action/Adventure | 2010 | 6.8/10 |
| Virtuosity | Action/Thriller | 1995 | 5.5/10 |
Documentaries
| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBS: The Documentary | Documentary | 2005 | 8.7/10 |
| Citizenfour | Documentary/Biography | 2014 | 8.1/10 |
| Code 2600 | Documentary | 2012 | 7.4/10 |
| Deep Web | Documentary | 2015 | 7.1/10 |
| DEFCON: The Documentary | Documentary | 2013 | 5.7/10 |
| DSKNECTD | Documentary | 2013 | 7.4/10 |
| Downloaded | Documentary | 2013 | 6.8/10 |
| Freedom Downtime | Documentary | 2001 | 7.6/10 |
| Good Copy Bad Copy | Documentary | 2007 | 7.2/10 |
| Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age | Documentary | 1984 | 7.7/10 |
| Hackers Are People Too | Documentary/Short Film | 2008 | 6.1/10 |
| Hacking Democracy | Documentary | 2006 | 7.9/10 |
| Hackers Wanted | Documentary/Indie Film | 2009 | 6.5/10 |
| In the Realm of the Hackers | Documentary | 2003 | 7.4/10 |
| Indie Game: The Movie | Documentary | 2012 | 7.7/10 |
| Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web | Documentary | 2017 | 7.0/10 |
| Pirates of Silicon Valley | Documentary/Drama/TV Film | 1999 | 7.3/10 |
| Plug and Pray | Documentary | 2010 | 7.2/10 |
| Revolution OS | Documentary/Indie Film | 2001 | 7.3/10 |
| Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web | Documentary | 2017 | 7.4/10 |
| Softwaring Hard | Documentary | 2014 | 8.2/10 |
| Steal This Film | Documentary/Short Film | 2006 | 7.1/10 |
| TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard | Documentary | 2013 | 7.6/10 |
| Terms and Conditions May Apply | Documentary | 2013 | 7.4/10 |
| The Code | Documentary | 2001 | 7.5/10 |
| The Great Hack | Documentary | 2019 | 7.0/10 |
| The Hacker Wars | Documentary | 2014 | 6.6/10 |
| The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | Documentary | 2014 | 8.1/10 |
| The KGB, the Computer and Me | Documentary | 1990 | 8.3/10 |
| The Secret History Of Hacking | Documentary | 2001 | 7.6/10 |
| The Singularity | Drama/Science Fiction | 2012 | 7.3/10 |
| War for the Web | Documentary | 2015 | 7.4/10 |
| We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists | Documentary | 2012 | 7.3/10 |
| We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | Documentary | 2013 | 6.9/10 |
| Zero Days | Documentary | 2016 | 7.8/10 |
TV Shows
| TITLE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mirror | Drama/Science Fiction | 2011 | 8.9/10 |
| CSI: Cyber | Drama/Crime/Mystery | 2015 | 5.4/10 |
| Dark Net | Documentary/Series | 2016 | 7.3/10 |
| Devs | Drama/Mystery/Sci-Fi | 2020 | 7.9/10 |
| Halt and Catch Fire | Drama | 2014 | 8.3/10 |
| Mr. Robot | Thriller/Drama | 2015 | 8.7/10 |
| Person of Interest | Action/Crime/Drama | 2011 | 8.5/10 |
| Scorpion | Action/Drama | 2014 | 7.2/10 |
| Serial Experiments Lain | Cyberpunk/Animation | 1998 | 8.2/10 |
| Silicon Valley | Comedy | 2014 | 8.5/10 |
| StartUp | Thriller/Crime | 2016 | 8.1/10 |
| The Code | Drama | 2014 | 7.6/10 |
| The IT Crowd | Comedy | 2006 | 8.6/10 |
| Travelers | Science Fiction | 2016 | 8.0/10 |
| Valley of the Boom | Documentary/Drama | 2019 | 6.5/10 |
| Westworld | Drama/Mystery | 2016 | 9.0/10 |
| You Are Wanted | Thriller/Drama | 2017 | 6.1/10 |
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